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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Shape: concical bowl, finely potted, sitting on a small, narrow foot ring
Interior: all decoration is painted in black beginning with a concentric band on the rim. A leopard with fine features dominates the interior; the animal’s coat is decorated with large dots and groups of three small dots arranged in a triangle. Around the leopard, leafy foliage, with three central dots on most leaves, is painted against a blue background. The glaze is pooled slightly in the centre.
Exterior: a frieze of black water weeds, separated by pairs of vertical blue lines, radiates from the lower body. Glaze runs over the external surface, it is pitted in places on the upper body and is uneven on the lower body, ending at the foot ring.
History note: Bought from Garabed, June 1926
Oscar Raphael bequest, 1941, received, 1946
Height: 6.7 cm
Weight: 558 g
Width: 29 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
-
1225
Rare decorative theme in underglaze painted ware
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( clear, slightly crazed, pooled in base)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( clear and slightly crazed, runs over the external surface, it is pitted in places on the upper body and is uneven on the lower body, ending at the foot ring)
Base
Diameter 10.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 29 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black with a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edges top and bottom
Inscription present: square paper label
Inscription present: white circular label (additional and similar label also on the underside of the foot ring has no inscription)
Accession number: OC.167-1946
Primary reference Number: 72425
Collection number: 13
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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